Securing a just space for small-scale fisheries in the blue economy

Cohen, PJ; Allison, EH; Andrew, NL; Cinner, J; Evans, LS; Fabinyi, M; Garces, LR; Hall, SJ; Hicks, CC; Hughes, TP; Jentoft, S; Mills, DJ; Masu, R; Mbaru, EK; Ratner, BD

Securing a just space for small-scale fisheries in the blue economy

Cohen, PJ Allison, EH Andrew, NL Cinner, J Evans, LS Fabinyi, M

Garces, LR Hall, SJ Hicks, CC Hughes, TP Jentoft, S Mills, DJ Masu, R Mbaru, EK Ratner, BD

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Citation:: Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019, 6 (MAR)
Issue Date:: 2019-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Cohen, PJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Allison, EH	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Andrew, NL	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cinner, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Evans, LS	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fabinyi, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5293-4081	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Garces, LR	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hall, SJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hicks, CC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hughes, TP	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jentoft, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mills, DJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Masu, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mbaru, EK	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ratner, BD	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019, 6 (MAR)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/136210
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Cohen, Allison, Andrew, Cinner, Evans, Fabinyi, Garces, Hall, Hicks, Hughes, Jentoft, Mills, Masu, Mbaru and Ratner. The vast developmental opportunities offered by the world's coasts and oceans have attracted the attention of governments, private enterprises, philanthropic organizations, and international conservation organizations. High-profile dialogue and policy decisions on the future of the ocean are informed largely by economic and ecological research. Key insights from the social sciences raise concerns for food and nutrition security, livelihoods and social justice, but these have yet to gain traction with investors and the policy discourse on transforming ocean governance. The largest group of ocean-users - women and men who service, fish and trade from small-scale fisheries (SSF) - argue that they have been marginalized from the dialogue between international environmental and economic actors that is determining strategies for the future of the ocean. Blue Economy or Blue Growth initiatives see the ocean as the new economic frontier and imply an alignment with social objectives and SSF concerns. Deeper analysis reveals fundamental differences in ideologies, priorities and approaches. We argue that SSF are being subtly and overtly squeezed for geographic, political and economic space by larger scale economic and environmental conservation interests, jeopardizing the substantial benefits SSF provide through the livelihoods of millions of women and men, for the food security of around four billion consumers globally, and in the developing world, as a key source of micro-nutrients and protein for over a billion low-income consumers. Here, we bring insights from social science and SSF to explore how ocean governance might better account for social dimensions of fisheries.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100965
dc.relation.ispartof	Frontiers in Marine Science	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3389/fmars.2019.00171	en_US
dc.title	Securing a just space for small-scale fisheries in the blue economy	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
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utslib.for	0405 Oceanography	en_US
utslib.for	0602 Ecology	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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© 2019 Cohen, Allison, Andrew, Cinner, Evans, Fabinyi, Garces, Hall, Hicks, Hughes, Jentoft, Mills, Masu, Mbaru and Ratner. The vast developmental opportunities offered by the world's coasts and oceans have attracted the attention of governments, private enterprises, philanthropic organizations, and international conservation organizations. High-profile dialogue and policy decisions on the future of the ocean are informed largely by economic and ecological research. Key insights from the social sciences raise concerns for food and nutrition security, livelihoods and social justice, but these have yet to gain traction with investors and the policy discourse on transforming ocean governance. The largest group of ocean-users - women and men who service, fish and trade from small-scale fisheries (SSF) - argue that they have been marginalized from the dialogue between international environmental and economic actors that is determining strategies for the future of the ocean. Blue Economy or Blue Growth initiatives see the ocean as the new economic frontier and imply an alignment with social objectives and SSF concerns. Deeper analysis reveals fundamental differences in ideologies, priorities and approaches. We argue that SSF are being subtly and overtly squeezed for geographic, political and economic space by larger scale economic and environmental conservation interests, jeopardizing the substantial benefits SSF provide through the livelihoods of millions of women and men, for the food security of around four billion consumers globally, and in the developing world, as a key source of micro-nutrients and protein for over a billion low-income consumers. Here, we bring insights from social science and SSF to explore how ocean governance might better account for social dimensions of fisheries.

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